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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1939
Page
12
Duck hunters were active along the river Sunday with little luck reported. Wabash bridge workers moved a plank to finish an overhead span while welders used facilities nearby. several crews cleared, loaded equipment, and prepared to fill the bridge near Joe Templeton’s farm. The item crops up with numerous local names and mentions of farms, people, and recent activity.
Mr and Mrs John C Hiemstra welcomed a son born Thursday October 28 the couple’s third child and second son The baby will be named Robert Lee Mrs Parl Van Hemert hosted a shower for Miss Helen Vanden Berg at the home of Ellen Karr near Fifield Also noted are visits by Otto Van Essen and Norman to the Robert Van Essen home and gatherings involving Peter Breed Anne of Fairmount John Van Pearsem and Janet of Pella Marion Heemstra and others visiting the H W Vrieze home Numerous families attended church and social events including a Rural Chorus Halloween party at Knoxville with Summit pupils receiving a treat Miss Velma Vriezelaar and Miss Myra Jean Van Haaften were dinner guests of friends The town issued a marriage license to Louis J Schippers Otley and Mayda Davenport Oskaloosa Also mentioned are more visits and social happenings in Summit area households
October notices report the death of Mrs Raymond Slocum of south Monroe at Mater hospital Enville with funeral at Zion Methodist Knoxville and burial Greenwood Knoxville. Also a Des Moines fall fractured knee for Mrs Sarah Shaw. Local events include chicken supper fundraisers, wiener roast at Red Rock, corn crib building, and multiple family visits. School events mark Halloween programs, carnival prep, and a statewide corn husking contest winner Die trick. Community members attend church harvest services, homecoming, and local engagements across Monr oe, Pella, Fairfield, and Des Moines broadcasts.
Miss Marie Venter daughter of Mr and Mrs Ronald Venter of Hayesville united in marriage with Mr Harald Vande Krol son of Mr and Mrs Geurt Vande Krol Puosda The celebration followed by a quiet family gathering at the Vande Krol home near Lacey Elma Kooistra spent the weekend at John Vande Krol home.
On Monday morning October 30 a snow storm hit Centennial Circle. Centennial school pupils enjoyed a wiener roast and candy Tuesday afternoon hosted by their teacher Miss Elizabeth Huyser. Albert Vander Pent of Otley returns to the neighborhood to husk corn for Gerrit Van Heukelom.
A string of community notes reports visits by Mrs. Menninga and Mrs. Mechlenbrock, births, and family gatherings around Oskaloosa and New Sharon. John De Pronger nears completion of a fine corn crib. A new two year farm course opens at Iowa State College this fall. Jim Morris of Dyers Ho returns for church service to find a burglary. cash and a water heater stolen weeks earlier.
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